The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 97 COUTTS, Kenneth R. KOREA Kenneth was born on September 22, 1931 at Lethbridge, Alberta. He enlisted in the Army on October 31, 1950, serving with the Canadian Artillery (RCHA) in Korea. He left the service on May 22, 1976 as a Sergeant. Kenneth is married. COX, Albert WWII Albert was born on November 20, 1920 at Halwell near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England. He enlisted in the RAF at Bedford, England, in April 1941 and trained for air crew and became an observer. He also took training in Georgia, Alabama and Florida and completed a full tour with Squadrons 608 and 293 mainly in Italy, but he had some operations flying out of Algeria and Tunisia. His service also included operations in the United Kingdom, Sicily, Italy and the Middle East. He married a Canadian girl from Winnipeg in 1942 and they had two sons and two daughters. Since the war, he has had one leg amputated. He joined The Legion at Woodrow and was secretarytreasurer from 1958-1964 and served on the executive of the Nutana Branch for ten years. He is a Life Member of The Legion and has been awarded the 125th Canada Anniversary Medal. He was also president of the Saskatoon Teacher’s Association for two years and also directed The Legion’s school poppy campaign for years and was active in a large number of other voluntary organizations. CRAGG, Bill WWII Bill was born in Ditton Park on October 23, 1921 to Wes and Mary. He joined the Army in 1943 at Brandon and took further training at Wainwright, Alberta, Vernon, British Columbia, Vancouver Island and Huntsville, Nova Scotia, and then went overseas to Great Britain, Europe and Holland. He was discharged in 1945 and took a course in welding and machine shop and ran a pool elevator at Anerly and sold Co-op Insurance. Bill married Joyce Crockett in 1951 and they raised four children: Wes, Myrna, Marilyn and Peggy. He passed away on January 29, 1995. CRAGG, David WWII David was born in 1920, son of Wes and Mary Cragg, and raised on the family farm south of Aylsham. He enlisted in 1940 and went overseas with the South Saskatchewan Regiment. He was wounded but returned to the front line and was discharged in 1945. He bought Lloyd Well’s homestead and in 1946, he got a Veteran’s lease and built on it. In 1950, Dave married Jean Barks and raised four children: Jim, Dave, Donna and Rosemary. He farmed and operated a sawmill for years. In 1973, he captained a fishing boat “Aggie May” on Lake Athabaska. Dave passed away on December 20, 1995. Jean lives in Carrot River.
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